Bring in 2024 with Giving & Living
December 20, 2023
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As we race towards Christmas at full speed and the air outside gets frostier, preparations are hotting up for one of the best-loved trade shows
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Doormats expert Primeur to make Spring Fair debut
December 20, 2023
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Poised to enter the halls of Spring Fair for the first time is a doormat specialist with a difference. Backed by 55 years of expertise
Over half of SME owners will work on Christmas Day
December 19, 2023
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Forget feasting on turkey and kicking back on the sofa scoffing Quality Street, over half of small business owners expect to be working on Christmas
Celebrating Poinsettia Day: 12th December
December 11, 2023
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Not just for silver surfers, these exotic seasonal plants can be embraced by young and old alike Whilst they have been prevalent for centuries across
Christmas cheer as Wilko returns to the high street
December 5, 2023
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A bit of Christmas cheer has come in the form of the first Wilko concept stores opening under the historic retail brand’s new owner, CDS
Spring Fair announces #SBS winners
December 4, 2023
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Spring Fair (4th – 7th February 2024, NEC, Birmingham) is delighted to announce twelve new winners of Theo Paphitis’s #SBS Small Business Sunday initiative who
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